a panel of sampled households in rural China. They estimate the risk insurance models by Generalized Method of Moments …December 1997 - In rural China, those in the poorest wealth decile are the least well-insured, with 40 percent of an … from almost 90 percent of an income shock. Jalan and Ravallion test how well consumption is insured against income risk in …

households in rural China. They estimate the risk insurance models by Generalized Method of Moments, treating income and …In rural China, those in the poorest wealth decile are the least well-insured, with 40 percent of an income shock being … percent of an income shock.Jalan and Ravallion test how well consumption is insured against income risk in a panel of sampled …

test for non-linearity in the dynamics of household expenditures and incomes using panel data for rural south-west China … arrangements in this setting appear to protect vulnerable households from the risk of destitution. However, the concavity we find …

level using panel data from four provinces of post-reform rural China. The tests allow for nonstationary fixed effects in …